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| 1. | Kwasekusithi ngesikhathi sokuthwasa komnyaka ngesikhathi amakhosi aphuma ngaso, uJowabi wakhokhela amaqhawe ebutho, wachitha ilizwe labantwana bakoAmoni, weza wavimbezela iRaba. Kodwa uDavida wasala eJerusalema. UJowabi waseyitshaya iRaba, wayichitha. |
| 2. | UDavida wathatha umqhele wenkosi yabo wawususa ekhanda layo, wawuthola ulesisindo sethalenta legolide, laphakathi kwawo kulelitshe eliligugu, wasu bekwa ekhanda likaDavida. Wasekhupha impango enengi kakhulu emzini. |
| 3. | Wakhupha abantu ababephakathi kwawo, wa ba saha ngesaha langamapiki ensimbi langamahloka. Wenza njalo-ke uDavida kuyo yonke imizi yabantwana bakoAmoni; uDavida wasebuyela eJerusalema labo bonke abantu. |
| 4. | Kwasekusithi emva kwalokho kwavuka impi lamaFilisti eGezeri; ngalesosikhathi uSibekayi umHushathi watshaya uSiphayi owabantwana besiqhwaga; asesehliselwa phansi. |
| 5. | Kwasekusiba khona impi futhi lamaFilisti; uElihanani indodana kaJayiri wasetshaya uLahimi umfowabo kaGoliyathi umGithi, oluthi lomkhonto wakhe lwalungangogodo lwabeluki. |
| 6. | Kwabuye kwaba khona futhi impi eGathi lapho okwakukhona umuntu omude owayeleminwe eyisithupha lesithupha, amatshumi amabili lane; laye futhi wazalwa yisiqhwaga. |
| 7. | Eseyisa uIsrayeli, uJonathani indodana kaShimeya, umfowabo kaDavida, wamtshaya. |
| 8. | Laba bazalelwa isiqhwaga eGathi; basebesiwa ngesandla sikaDavida langesandla sezinceku zakhe. |
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